Lessons Learned

Well...a new pattern and a new machine do not necessarily make a good combination, I'm sad to say. Hubby bought me a new sewing machine a few weeks ago. It has way more bells and whistles than my old one and I was so excited to use it. I should have practiced on my new machine for a while longer than I did because my plaid mini top did not turn out any where near like I wanted it to. I am almost ashamed to post the pic, but here it is...

Since I took the process pledge, I did promise to show the work, both good and bad and by the looks of this picture I need more practice with my new machine. Well its back to the drawing board for me and I will come back to this pattern later.

Plaid Anyone?

I found a really cool plaid pattern that I fell in love with. Here are the strips that I am using for it.

And here is a test block.

The block didn't quite turn out as accurate as I would have liked, so I am going to do a few more and turn them into...you guessed it...a mini.